Is it possible to use the same ssh private/public key pair on 2 machines to access a git repository?

Question

I\'ve recently setup an inhouse git repository server and have it up and running with gitosis installed as the management tool. Read only access is available via the git:// prot

Answer 1

Yes, that's perfectly legitimate. ssh keys don't care where they were generated, and it's fine to have them on multiple machines at once.

Try giving the ssh client the "-v" or "-vv" option (for verbose output) and check the server's ssh log to debug the problem.